Name
|
Town/City
|
Regional District
|
Type
|
Summary
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3 Valley Gap Heritage Ghost Town |
Three Valley Gap |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Open air |
website, includes over 25 historic buildings, antique automobile museum, railway roundhouse, mining company, wagon and buggy shop
|
5th (BC) Artillery Regiment Museum |
Victoria |
Capital |
Military |
History of 5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA and associated units from 1861 to the present day, field artillery, located in the Bay Street Armoury
|
12 Service Battalion Museum |
Richmond |
Greater Vancouver |
Military |
Open by appointment
|
108 Heritage Site |
108 Mile Ranch |
Cariboo |
Open air |
website
|
Agassiz-Harrison Museum |
Agassiz |
Fraser Valley |
History |
website, local history and area railroad history
|
Akerman Museum |
Saltspring Island |
Capital |
History |
information, pioneer and native artifacts
|
Alaska Highway House |
Dawson Creek |
Peace River |
History |
information, history and technology of the construction of the Alaska Highway
|
Alberni Valley Museum [de] |
Port Alberni |
Alberni-Clayoquot |
History |
website, local history and culture, including collection of First Nations artifacts
|
Alder Grove Community Museum & Archives |
Aldergrove |
Greater Vancouver |
History |
website, operated by the Alder Grove Heritage Society, focus is on preserving and sharing Aldergrove's community history
|
Alert Bay Public Library and Museum [de] |
Alert Bay |
Mount Waddington |
History |
website, local history and culture
|
Armstrong-Spallumcheen Museum and Art Gallery |
Armstrong |
North Okanagan |
Multiple |
[1], local history and art
|
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria |
Victoria |
Capital |
Art |
website, Features Asian, Canadian and contemporary art
|
Artspeak |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Art |
website, contemporary art centre
|
Ashcroft Museum |
Ashcroft |
Thompson-Nicola |
History |
website, local history
|
Ashton Armoury Museum |
Victoria |
Capital |
Military |
website, histories of the local Service Corps, Medical Corps, Signals Corps and Military Police units
|
Atchelitz Threshermen's Association Museum |
Chilliwack |
Fraser Valley |
Technology |
website, includes old cars, trucks, horse equipment, tractors, steam engines, gas engines and local artifacts
|
Atlin Historical Museum |
Atlin |
Stikine |
History |
information, local history, operated by the Atlin Historical Society
|
Audain Art Museum
|
Whistler
|
Sea to Sky Corridor
|
Art
|
The Audain Art Museum’s Permanent Collection of nearly 200 works of art is a visual journey through the history of art from coastal British Columbia.
|
Audain Gallery |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Art |
website, operated by Simon Fraser University at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
|
Barkerville Historic Town |
Barkerville |
Cariboo |
Open air |
website, 19th century gold mining town
|
Beaty Biodiversity Museum |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Natural history |
website, Part of University of British Columbia
|
BC Artifacts Mobile Museum |
Delta |
Metro Vancouver |
Aboriginal Artifacts |
website, Fur Trade and Gold Rush
|
BC Farm Museum |
Langley |
Metro Vancouver |
Agriculture |
website, farm equipment and machinery
|
BC Forest Discovery Centre |
Duncan |
Cowichan Valley |
Industry |
website, Logging industry equipment and artifacts, railroad equipment
|
BC Golf Museum and Hall of Fame |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Sports |
website
|
BC Interior Forestry Museum |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Industry |
website, forestry industry
|
BC Orchard Industry Museum |
Kelowna |
Central Okanagan |
Industry |
website, includes irrigation, fruit picking, packing, and 50-foot working model railway
|
BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Sports |
Located at BC Place Stadium
|
BC Wildlife Park Train Museum |
Kamloops |
Thompson-Nicola |
Railway |
|
BC Wine Museum |
Kelowna |
Central Okanagan |
Industry |
wine making and local history
|
Bella Coola Valley Museum |
Bella Coola |
Cariboo |
History |
website, local history
|
Black Nugget Museum |
Ladysmith |
Cowichan Valley |
History |
Former hotel with historic mining town artifacts[1]
|
Bowen Island Community Museum |
Bowen Island |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
website, local history and Higgens Cabin, a 1948 period logger's cabin with tools and period rooms
|
Boundary Museum & Interpretive Centre |
Grand Forks |
Kootenay Boundary |
History |
website, local history, Doukhobor history
|
Bralorne Pioneer Museum |
Bralorne |
Squamish-Lillooet |
History |
Local history
|
Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site |
Richmond |
Greater Vancouver |
Maritime |
website, historic shipyard with ongoing restoration of vessels
|
Britannia Mine Museum |
Britannia Beach |
Squamish-Lillooet |
Mining |
Former copper mine with buildings, mine tunnel and equipment; also includes Mill No. 3, a National Historic Site
|
British Columbia Aviation Museum |
Sidney |
Capital |
Aerospace |
website, Aircraft, engines, pictures, models and artifacts
|
Bulkley Valley Museum |
Smithers |
Bulkley-Nechako |
History |
website, natural history, social and technological development of the Bulkley Valley
|
Burnaby Art Gallery |
Burnaby |
Greater Vancouver |
Art |
website, contemporary and historical art exhibits and events by local, regional, national and international artists in the galleries of Ceperley House and throughout the community
|
Burnaby Village Museum |
Burnaby |
Greater Vancouver |
Open air |
website, 1890-1920s period British Columbia village
|
Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Museum |
New Westminster |
Greater Vancouver |
Sports |
Located at Anvil Centre
|
Canadian Military Education Centre |
Chilliwack |
Fraser Valley |
Military |
website
|
Canadian Museum of Flight |
Langley |
Metro Vancouver |
Aerospace |
website, Includes over 25 civilian and military jets, engine aircraft, gliders, helicopters, aviation art gallery
|
Canadian Museum of Rail Travel |
Cranbrook |
East Kootenay |
Railway |
Also known as Trains Deluxe
|
Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) Regimental Museum |
Victoria |
Capital |
Military |
|
Centre A |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Art |
website, Non-profit gallery for contemporary Asian art
|
CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum |
Esquimalt |
Capital |
Military |
History and heritage of the naval presence on Canada's West Coast and of the military on Southern Vancouver Island
|
Chase & District Museum and Archives |
Chase |
Thompson-Nicola |
History |
website, local history
|
Chemainus Valley Museum |
Chemainus |
Cowichan Valley |
History |
Local history[1]
|
Cherryville Museum |
Cherryville |
North Okanagan |
History |
website, local history, operated by the Cherryville & Area Historical Society
|
Chilliwack Museum |
Chilliwack |
Fraser Valley |
Multiple |
website, local history and art, a National Historic Site of Canada
|
Chinese Cultural Center Museum |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Ethnic |
website, also includes Chinese Canadian Military Museum
|
Clinton Museum |
Clinton |
Thompson-Nicola |
History |
information, local history; also known as South Cariboo Historical Museum
|
Comox Air Force Museum |
Comox |
Comox Valley |
Aerospace |
History of CFB Comox and military aviation on the west coast of Canada
|
Comox Valley Art Gallery |
Courtenay |
Comox Valley |
Art |
website, regional public art gallery dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting and celebrating emergent contemporary art practices
|
Contemporary Art Gallery |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Art |
website
|
Cortes Island Museum |
Cortes Island |
Strathcona |
Multiple |
website, art, natural and cultural history of the island
|
Cottonwood House Historic Site |
Quesnel |
Cariboo |
History |
website, Historic road house along the Cariboo Road
|
Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre |
Courtenay |
Comox Valley |
Multiple |
website, area's natural and cultural history and art
|
Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre |
Cowichan Bay |
Cowichan Valley |
Maritime |
website, maritime heritage and culture of wooden boats
|
Cowichan Valley Museum [de] |
Duncan |
Cowichan Valley |
History |
website, local history, operated by the Cowichan Historical Society
|
Craigdarroch Castle |
Victoria |
Capital |
Historic house |
website, Victorian-era mansion
|
Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse |
Victoria |
Capital |
Historic house |
19th century manor and schoolhouse
|
Creston Museum |
Creston |
Central Kootenay |
History |
website, local history
|
Crofton Old School House Museum |
Crofton |
Cowichan Valley |
Education |
Historic one room school[1]
|
Cumberland Museum & Archives |
Cumberland |
Comox Valley |
History |
website, local history, coal mining, historic telephones
|
Dawson Creek Art Gallery |
Dawson Creek |
Peace River |
Art |
website
|
Deep Creek Tool Museum |
Salmon Arm |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Technology |
Collection of tools, engines, and equipment dating back to the early 20th century[3]
|
Delta Museum and Archives |
Delta |
Greater Vancouver |
History |
website, local history
|
Denman Island Museum |
Denman Island |
Comox Valley |
History |
information, local history
|
Dixon Entrance Maritime Museum |
Masset |
Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
Maritime |
information
|
Doukhobor Discovery Centre |
Castlegar |
Central Kootenay |
Culture |
website, arts, crafts, and daily life of the Doukhobors of the Kootenays in 1908-1938
|
Emily Carr House |
Victoria |
Capital |
Historic house |
website, Childhood home of Canadian painter Emily Carr
|
Emily Carr University of Art and Design Galleries |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Art |
website, Charles H. Scott, Media and Concourse Galleries
|
Enderby and District Museum |
Enderby |
North Okanagan |
History |
website, local history
|
Evergreen Cultural Centre |
Coquitlam |
Greater Vancouver |
Art |
Cultural arts centre with exhibition gallery
|
The Exploration Place |
Prince George |
Fraser-Fort George |
Multiple |
website, science, natural history, paleontology, regional sports history, local history, First Nations; formerly known as Fraser-Fort George Regional Museum
|
Falkland Museum and Heritage Park |
Falkland |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Open air |
website, includes 1800s sod roofed pioneer cabin, church, agriculture tools and equipment
|
Fintry Estate |
Fintry |
Central Okanagan |
Historic house |
website
|
First National Dog Museum |
Kamloops |
Thompson-Nicola |
Dog |
|
Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site |
Colwood |
Capital |
Maritime |
Lighthouse keeper's residence and maritime exhibits
|
Fort Langley Heritage CN Station |
Fort Langley |
Greater Vancouver |
Railroad |
website Restored 19th-century station with railroad artifacts
|
Fort Langley National Historic Site |
Fort Langley |
Greater Vancouver |
Open air |
Former trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company with historic crafts and demonstrations
|
Fort Nelson Heritage Museum |
Fort Nelson |
Northern Rockies |
Multiple |
website, antique cars and trucks, road building equipment, license plates, historic buildings, tools, minerals, toys, household items
|
Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site |
Colwood |
Capital |
Military |
19th-century coastal artillery fort
|
Fort St. James National Historic Site |
Fort St. James |
Bulkley-Nechako |
Open air |
Restored Hudson's Bay Company post with 1896 living history guides in the summer
|
Fort St. John North Peace Museum |
Fort St. John |
Peace River |
History |
website, local history
|
Fort Steele Heritage Town |
Fort Steele |
East Kootenay |
Open air |
Historic ghost town with preserved buildings and historic displays
|
Fraser River Discovery Centre |
New Westminster |
Metro Vancouver |
Multiple |
website, natural history, ecology, industry, and history of the Fraser River and its local impact
|
Gabriola Museum |
Gabriola Island |
Nanaimo |
History |
website, local cultural and natural history
|
Galiano Museum |
Galiano Island |
Capital |
History |
website, local history
|
Gallery 2: Grand Forks and District Art and Heritage Centre |
Grand Forks |
Kootenay Boundary |
Multiple |
website, operated by the Grand Forks Area Arts Council, art and local history
|
Glacier National Park |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Multiple |
Rogers Pass Discovery Centre exhibits include natural history of the park, Canadian Pacific Railway, Trans-Canada Highway and the route through the Rogers Pass
|
Golden Museum |
Golden |
Columbia-Shuswap |
History |
website, local history
|
Greater Vernon Museum and Archives |
Vernon |
North Okanagan |
History |
website, local history, includes gallery with art by Allan Brooks and other North Okanagan artists
|
Greenwood Museum |
Greenwood |
Kootenay Boundary |
History |
website, local history
|
Gulf of Georgia Cannery |
Steveston |
Greater Vancouver |
Maritime |
History of the West Coast fishing industry and the cannery
|
H. R. MacMillan Space Centre |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Science |
Exhibits about space and science
|
Haida Heritage Centre |
Skidegate |
Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
First Nations |
Cultural centre and Haida Gwaii Museum of the Haida people, Haida history, art, culture and contemporary life
|
Hatley Park National Historic Site |
Colwood |
Capital |
Historic house |
Early 20th-century Scottish Baronial-style castle mansion
|
Hardy Mountain Doukhobor Village Historic Site |
Grand Forks |
Kootenay Boundary |
Open air |
Operated by The Land Conservancy of British Columbia, former Doukhobor village
|
Hazelton Pioneer Museum & Archives |
Hazelton |
Stikine |
History |
Local history, part of the Hazelton District Public Library[4][5]
|
Hedley Heritage Museum |
Hedley |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
History |
Local history[6]
|
Helmcken House |
Victoria |
Capital |
Historic house |
19th century doctor's house
|
Heritage Acres |
Saanich |
Capital |
Open air |
website, operated by the Saanich Historical Artifacts Society, includes historic buildings, working steam engines, tractors, agricultural machinery, and household and industrial artifacts
|
PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives |
Port Coquitlam |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
website, local history, operated by the Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society.
|
Heritage Park Museum |
Terrace |
Kitimat-Stikine |
Open air |
website, pioneer buildings
|
Historic Hat Creek Ranch |
Cache Creek |
Thompson-Nicola |
Open air |
website
|
Historic O'Keefe Ranch |
Vernon |
North Okanagan |
Open air |
19th century ranch and community buildings
|
Historic Stewart Farm |
Surrey |
Metro Vancouver |
Farm |
website, restored 1894 farmhouse, pole barn, root cellar and heirloom gardens and orchard
|
Hope Museum |
Hope |
Fraser Valley |
History |
Local history[7]
|
Huble Homestead Historic Site |
Giscome Portage |
Fraser-Fort George |
Open air |
website, includes Huble House, Salmon Valley Post Office, general store, trapper's Cabin, barns, blacksmith shop and the First Nations fish camp
|
Hudson's Hope Museum |
Hudson's Hope |
Peace River |
Multiple |
website, local history, fossils, natural history,
|
Iris Griffith Centre |
Pender Harbour |
Sunshine Coast |
Natural history |
website, operated by the Lagoon Society, focus is human interaction with the natural environment from the mountains down to the sea
|
Irving House |
New Westminster |
Greater Vancouver |
Historic house |
website, mid-19th century period house
|
Jack Lynn Memorial-Pioneer Museum |
Horsefly |
Cariboo |
History |
Local history[8]
|
Japanese Canadian Museum |
Kaslo |
Central Kootenay |
History |
website, located in The Langham Cultural Society, history of the Japanese Canadian families who were interned in the former hotel during World War II
|
Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Ethnic |
website
|
Jim's Ford Corral Museum |
Sorrento |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Commodity |
Includes gas-station memorabilia, farm equipment and scale-model toys[9]
|
Kaatza Station Museum |
Lake Cowichan |
Cowichan Valley |
History |
website, local history, include a store, post office, mine shaft and logging displays, also railroad cars and equipment; located in a railroad station, operated by the Kaatza Historical Society
|
Kamloops Art Gallery |
Kamloops |
Thompson-Nicola |
Art |
website
|
Kamloops Museum & Archives |
Kamloops |
Thompson-Nicola |
History |
Local history, culture, children's section
|
Kelowna Art Gallery |
Kelowna |
Central Okanagan |
Art |
|
Keremeos Grist Mill |
Keremeos |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Mill |
website, also known as The Grist Mill and Gardens
|
Kettle River Museum |
Midway |
Kootenay Boundary |
History |
website, local history
|
Kilby Historic Site |
Harrison Mills |
Fraser Valley |
Multiple |
Located in Kilby Provincial Park, includes Kilby General Store Museum with 1920s and 1930s merchandise, working heritage Waterloo Farm Museum
|
Kimberley Heritage Museum |
Kimberley |
East Kootenay |
History |
website, local history[10]
|
Kimberley's Underground Mining Railway |
Kimberley |
East Kootenay |
Railroad |
website, heritage railroad and mining tour; operated by the Sullivan Mine and Railway Historical Society
|
Kitimat Museum |
Kitimat |
Kitimat-Stikine |
Multiple |
website, local history, multiculturalism, turn-of-the-20th-century settlement, Haisla arts and technology, natural history
|
Kootenay Gallery |
Castlegar |
Central Kootenay |
Art |
website
|
'Ksan Historical Village and Museum |
Hazelton |
Stikine |
First Nations |
Museum and replica ancient village
|
Ktunaxa Interpretive Centre |
Cranbrook |
East Kootenay |
First Nations |
Located in the St. Eugene Golf Resort and Casino, culture of the Ktunaxa[11]
|
Kwinitsa Station Railway Museum |
Prince Rupert |
Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
Railway |
[12]
|
Lake Country Museum |
Lake Country |
Central Okanagan |
History |
website, local history
|
Lakes District Museum |
Burns Lake |
Bulkley-Nechako |
History |
Local history
|
Langley Centennial Museum |
Langley |
Greater Vancouver |
Multiple |
website, local history and temporary art, history or science exhibitions
|
Legacy Art Gallery and Cafe |
Victoria |
Capital |
Art |
Contemporary art gallery of the University of Victoria, works by local and Canadian artists
|
Lumby Museum |
Lumby |
North Okanagan |
History |
website, local history, agricultural and logging machinery, operated by the Lumby & District Historical Society
|
Lillooet Museum |
Lillooet |
Squamish-Lillooet |
History |
Local history
|
London Heritage Farm |
Richmond |
Greater Vancouver |
Historic house |
1880s period farmhouse
|
Lytton Museum |
Lytton |
Thompson-Nicola |
History |
website, local history, open in summer
|
Mackenzie and District Museum |
Mackenzie |
Fraser-Fort George |
History |
website, local history, located in the Ernie Bodin Centre
|
Mackie Lake House |
Coldstream |
North Okanagan |
Historic house |
website, 1910 Arts & Crafts style house
|
Mackin House |
Coquitlam |
Greater Vancouver |
Historic house |
website, operated by the Coquitlam Heritage Society, 1910 period house, toy displays and local history
|
Maltwood Prints and Drawings Gallery |
Saanich |
Capital |
Art |
Part of University of Victoria, rotating exhibits from the university's collections at the Mearns Centre - McPherson Library
|
Maple Ridge Museum |
Maple Ridge |
Greater Vancouver |
History |
website, local history, also Haney House Museum, a late 19th-century period house
|
Maritime Museum of British Columbia |
Victoria |
Capital |
Maritime |
|
Mascot Gold Mine |
Hedley |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Mining |
Seasonal tours of the mine and mine buildings
|
Mayne Island Museum |
Mayne Island |
Capital |
History |
Local history, located in a former jail[13][14]
|
McLean Mill National Historic Site |
Port Alberni |
Metro Vancouver |
Industry |
Historic sawmill, end point of the heritage Alberni Pacific Railway
|
Metchosin School Museum |
Metchosin |
Capital |
History |
website, housed in a one-room schoolhouse, local history and historic items
|
Michif Métis Museum |
Vavenby |
Thompson-Nicola |
First Nations |
website
|
Miniature World |
Victoria |
Capital |
Toy |
website, miniature dioramas
|
Mission Museum |
Mission |
Fraser Valley |
History |
website, local history
|
Miyazaki House |
Lillooet |
Squamish-Lillooet |
Multiple |
Historic house, local history and art
|
MSA Museum |
Abbotsford |
Fraser Valley |
Multiple |
website, includes the 1920s period Trethewey House Heritage Site, and changing exhibits of local history
|
Museum at Campbell River |
Campbell River |
Strathcona |
History |
website, culture and history of Northern Vancouver Island
|
Museum of Anthropology at UBC |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
First Nations |
Aboriginal Canadian culture and artifacts
|
Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology |
Burnaby |
Greater Vancouver |
Archaeology |
website, part of Simon Fraser University
|
Museum of Northern BC |
Prince Rupert |
Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
First Nations |
website
|
Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin |
Williams Lake |
Cariboo |
Cowboy |
website, ranching and cowboy culture, includes BC Cowboy Hall of Fame
|
Museum of Vancouver |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
History |
City history
|
Nakusp & District Museum |
Nakusp |
Central Kootenay |
History |
Local history[15]
|
Nanaimo Art Gallery |
Nanaimo |
Nanaimo |
Art |
website
|
Nanaimo Bastion |
Nanaimo |
Nanaimo |
History |
1850s octagonal bastion, tours in the summer
|
Nanaimo Museum |
Nanaimo |
Nanaimo |
History |
website, local history
|
Naramata Heritage Museum |
Naramata |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
History |
website, local history, located in a former fire hall
|
New Media Gallery |
New Westminster |
Greater Vancouver |
Art |
website, local history, operated by the City in the Anvil Centre
|
New Westminster Museum |
New Westminster |
Greater Vancouver |
History |
website, local history, located in the Anvil Centre, includes displays about the New Westminster Police
|
Nicola Valley Museum and Archives |
Merritt |
Thompson-Nicola |
History |
Local history
|
Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre |
New Denver |
Central Kootenay |
Military |
History of the Japanese Canadians that were relocated to internment camps during World War II
|
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre |
Burnaby |
Greater Vancouver |
Ethnic |
website, also known as Nikkei Centre, Japanese Canadian culture and contributions to Canada
|
Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park |
Gitlakdamix |
Kitimat-Stikine |
Natural history |
Visitor center exhibits include natural history of the park, Nisga'a culture, tours of the lava beds
|
Nisga'a Museum |
Laxgalts'ap |
|
First Nations |
History and culture of the Nisga'a
|
Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre |
Osoyoos |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Multiple |
Okanagan People, natural history of the desert
|
North Pacific Cannery National Historic Site |
Port Edward |
Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
Open air |
website, tours of historic fish cannery buildings; also known as North Pacific Historic Fishing Village
|
North Thompson Museum |
Barriere |
Thompson-Nicola |
History |
website, local history, open in summer, housed in a former B.C. Forest Service Ranger Station
|
North Vancouver Museum & Archives |
North Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Multiple |
website, local history and art
|
Notch Hill Historic Site |
Sorrento |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Open air |
|
Nuymbalees Cultural Centre |
Quadra Island |
Strathcona |
First Nations |
website, formerly the Kwagiulth Museum, located in Cape Mudge
|
Okanagan Heritage Museum |
Kelowna |
Central Okanagan |
History |
website, area's history and culture
|
Okanagan Military Museum |
Kelowna |
Central Okanagan |
Military |
website
|
Okanagan Science Center |
Vernon |
North Okanagan |
Science |
website
|
Old Hastings Mill Store Museum |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
History |
Aboriginal Canadian, pioneer and immigrant artifacts
|
Old School House Arts Centre |
Qualicum Beach |
Nanaimo |
Art |
website
|
Oliver and District Museum |
Oliver |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
History |
website, local history, operated by the Oliver and District Heritage Society
|
Or Gallery
|
Vancouver
|
Greater Vancouver
|
Art
|
website
|
Osoyoos Desert Centre |
Osoyoos |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Natural history |
67 acres, desert ecology, habitat restoration and conservation of endangered ecosystems in the South Okanagan
|
Osoyoos Desert Model Railroad |
Osoyoos |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Railroad |
website, model railroad layouts
|
Pacific Museum of the Earth |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Natural history |
website, operated by the University of British Columbia, rocks, minerals, fossils
|
Parksville Museum |
Parksville |
Nanaimo |
Open air |
website, located in Craig Heritage Park, displays a number of heritage buildings from the time of the first settlers in the area
|
Peace Canyon Dam Visitor's Center |
Hudson's Hope |
Peace River |
Multiple |
Area history, natural history, building of the dam and hydroelectricity
|
Peachland Museum |
Peachland |
Central Okanagan |
History |
website, local history, operated by the Peachland Historical Society
|
Pemberton Museum |
Pemberton |
Squamish-Lillooet |
History |
website, local history, open seasonally
|
Penticton Art Gallery |
Penticton |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Art |
website, formerly the Art Gallery of the South Okanagan
|
Penticton Museum |
Penticton |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Multiple |
website, local history, culture, natural history and art
|
Pitt Meadows Museum |
Pitt Meadows |
Greater Vancouver |
History |
website, local history
|
Port Alberni Maritime Discovery Centre |
Port Alberni |
Alberni-Clayoquot |
History |
website, area cultural, environmental and industrial maritime history
|
Port Clements Museum |
Port Clements |
Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
History |
website, includes logging equipment, machinery and pioneer items, operated by the Port Clements Historical Society
|
Port Hardy Museum |
Port Hardy |
Mount Waddington |
History |
website, local history, operated by the Port Hardy Heritage Society
|
Port McNeill Heritage Museum |
Port McNeill |
Mount Waddington |
History |
Local history[16]
|
PoMo Museum |
Port Moody |
Greater Vancouver |
History |
Local history, located in a historic railway station building
|
Pouce Coupe Museum |
Pouce Coupe |
Peace River |
History |
website, includes Heritage House, trapper's cabin, caboose and the original NAR train station, open seasonally
|
Powell River Forestry Museum |
Powell River |
Sunshine Coast |
History |
website, local logging and railway history, operated seasonally by the Powell River Forestry Heritage Society
|
Powell River Historical Museum |
Powell River |
Sunshine Coast |
History |
website, local history
|
Presentation House Gallery |
North Vancouver |
Metro Vancouver |
Art |
Photography and media art, emphasizing contemporary Canadian work within a context of historical and international art
|
Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum |
Prince George |
Fraser-Fort George |
Railway |
Includes historic buildings, locomotives and rolling stock, logging machinery, communication devices and fire department equipment
|
Prince Rupert Fire Hall Museum |
Prince Rupert |
Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
Firefighting |
website, information
|
Princeton District Pioneer Museum |
Princeton |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
Multiple |
Local history artifacts, fossils
|
Qualicum Beach Museum |
Qualicum Beach |
Nanaimo |
Multiple |
website, local history and fossils
|
Quesnel Museum |
Quesnel |
Cariboo |
History |
website, includes period room and business displays, Chinese artifacts
|
Quw’utsun Cultural Centre |
Duncan |
Cowichan Valley |
First Nations |
website, heritage of the Quw'utsun people
|
The Reach Gallery Museum |
Abbotsford |
Fraser Valley |
Art |
Exhibitions of local, regional, national and international art
|
Regimental Museum of the BC Regiment |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Military |
History and artifacts of The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)
|
Revelstoke Dam Visitor Center |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Multiple |
History of the dam, science of hydroelectricity, First Nations history and culture
|
Revelstoke Firehall Museum |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Firefighting |
website
|
Revelstoke Nickelodeon Museum |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Music |
website, mechanical music machines including Victorian musical boxes, player pianos, player reed and pipe organs
|
Revelstoke Museum and Archives |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
History |
website, local history
|
Revelstoke Railway Museum |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Railroad |
website
|
Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre |
Revelstoke |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Art |
website
|
Richmond Art Gallery |
Richmond |
Greater Vancouver |
Art |
website
|
Richmond Museum |
Richmond |
Greater Vancouver |
History |
website, local history and culture
|
RJ Haney Heritage Village & Museum |
Salmon Arm |
Columbia-Shuswap] |
Open air |
website
|
Rocky Mountain Rangers Museum |
Kamloops |
Thompson-Nicola |
Military |
website, located in the JR Vicars Armoury, history of The Rocky Mountain Rangers
|
Roedde House Museum |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Historic house |
Late Victorian period house
|
Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre |
Rossland |
Kootenay Boundary |
Multiple |
website, year-round local history museum, historic park with mine and railway buildings. Operated by the Rossland Historical Museum & Archives Association. On the site of the Rossland Mines - Kootenay Mining Region National Historic Event designation.
|
Royal British Columbia Museum |
Victoria |
Capital |
Multiple |
History, natural history, First Nations culture
|
Rotary Centre for the Arts |
Kelowna |
Central Okanagan |
Arts |
Performing and cultural arts centre with art exhibits
|
Royal Westminster Regiment Historical Society and Museum |
New Westminster |
Greater Vancouver |
Military |
|
Saanich Pioneer Museum |
Saanichton |
Capital |
History |
Operated by the Saanich Pioneer Society, pioneer and First Nations artifacts, also known as the Log Cabin Museum & Archives
|
Salmo Museum |
Salmo |
Central Kootenay |
History |
Local history[17][18]
|
Salt Spring Island Museum |
Ganges |
Capital |
History |
website, local history, also known as the Bittancourt House Museum
|
Samson V Maritime Museum |
New Westminster |
Metro Vancouver |
Maritime |
website, sternwheel snagboat museum ship
|
Sandon Museum |
Sandon |
Central Kootenay |
History |
website, local history of the mining ghost town, operated seasonally by the Sandon Historical Society
|
Science World |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Science |
|
The Seaforth Museum |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Military |
Located in the Seaforth Armoury, history and memorabilia of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
|
Secwepemc Museum and Heritage Park |
Kamloops |
Thompson-Nicola |
First Nations |
History & culture of the Shuswap People
|
Shawnigan Lake Museum |
Shawnigan Lake |
Cowichan Valley |
History |
website, local history
|
Sicamous & District Museum |
Sicamous |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Technology |
Local history, located in the Civic Centre, operated by the Sicamous & District Museum and Historical Society, formerly known as the Eagle Valley Museum[19][20]
|
Sidney Museum and Archives |
Sidney |
Capital |
Multiple |
Local history, Saanich pioneers, includes period kitchen and school room
|
Silverton Historical Society Interpretive Centre |
Silverton |
Central Kootenay |
History |
website, local history, adjacent to outdoor Frank Mills Outdoor Mining Museum, restored Fingland Cabin & Blacksmith Shop
|
Silvery Slocan Museum |
New Denver |
Central Kootenay |
History |
Local history[21]
|
Simon Fraser University Gallery |
Burnaby |
Greater Vancouver |
Art |
website, established in 1970
|
Snaza’ist Discovery Centre |
Hedley |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
First Nations |
website, history and culture of the Similkameen people, tours of the Mascot Gold Mine
|
Sncəwips Heritage Museum |
Westbank |
Central Okanagan |
First Nations |
website, representing the cultural heritage of Westbank First Nation and the greater Okanagan Nation
|
Sointula Museum |
Sointula |
Mount Waddington |
History |
website, local history
|
Sooke Region Museum |
Sooke |
Capital |
Open air |
website, includes museum with local history and culture exhibits, blacksmith shop, lighthouse equipment, machinery and equipment for agriculture and industry, 1902 period pioneer cottage
|
South Peace Historical Society Railway Station Museum |
Dawson Creek |
Peace River |
History |
Also known as N.A.R. Station Museum, includes pioneers, natural history, railroads and building of the Alaska Highway[22]
|
South Similkameen Museum |
Keremeos |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
History |
website, local history, housed in a former police office and jail
|
Sparwood Museum |
Sparwood |
East Kootenay |
History |
Local history, operated by the Michel-Natal-Sparwood Heritage Society[23]
|
Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre |
Whistler |
Squamish-Lillooet |
First Nations |
website
|
S.S. Moyie National Historic Site |
Kaslo |
Central Kootenay |
Maritime |
Passenger sternwheeler museum ship
|
Stave Falls Visitor Centre |
Stave Falls |
Fraser Valley |
Science |
Hydroelectricity and the dam
|
Stewart Historical Museum [de] |
Stewart |
Stikine |
History |
Local history, operated by the Stewart Historical Society[24]
|
Steveston Museum |
Richmond |
Greater Vancouver |
History |
Recreated rooms of a bank, post office, general store, and bedrooms
|
Summerland Museum |
Summerland |
Okanagan-Similkameen |
History |
website, local history and development
|
Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives |
Gibsons |
Sunshine Coast |
Multiple |
website, local maritime, natural and cultural history
|
Surrey Art Gallery |
Surrey |
Greater Vancouver |
Multiple |
website, contemporary art museum specializing in exhibitions and education, located in the Surrey Arts Centre
|
Surrey Museum |
Surrey |
Greater Vancouver |
Multiple |
website, local history and culture, changing exhibits of art, culture and science, historic log cabin, textile studio
|
Tahsis Museum |
Tahsis |
Strathcona |
History |
Local history[25]
|
Teck Cominco Interpretive Centre |
Trail |
Kootenay Boundary |
Mining |
Science of mineral exploration, free tours of the zinc lead smelter
|
Teck Gallery |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Art |
website, operated by Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre
|
Telkwa Museum |
Telkwa |
Bulkley-Nechako |
History |
Local history, located in a 1921 school house[26]
|
tems swiya Museum |
Sechelt |
Sunshine Coast |
First Nations |
Culture and history of the Shishalh peoples[27]
|
Terrace Art Gallery |
Terrace |
Kitimat-Stikine |
Art |
website
|
Texada Island Museum |
Texada Island |
Sunshine Coast |
History |
website, local history, operated by the Texada Island Heritage Society
|
Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History |
Nelson |
Central Kootenay |
Multiple |
website, art and local history
|
Trail Museum |
Trail |
Kootenay Boundary |
History |
website, local history, operated by the Trail Historical Society
|
Trev Deeley Motorcycle Exhibition |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Transport |
website, motorcycles and motorcycle racing
|
Two Rivers Gallery |
Prince George |
Fraser-Fort George |
Art |
website, operated by the Prince George Regional Art Gallery Association
|
U'mista Cultural Centre |
Alert Bay |
Mount Waddington |
First Nations |
website, cultural heritage of the Kwakwaka'wakw
|
Valemount Museum |
Valemount |
Fraser-Fort George |
History |
website, local history, located in the Valemount Historic Railway Station
|
Valley Museum and Archive |
McBride |
Fraser-Fort George |
History |
website, local history
|
Van Anda Museum |
Texada Island |
Sunshine Coast |
Multiple |
website, local history
|
Vancouver Art Gallery |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Art |
Collections include major works by Emily Carr, the Group of Seven and Marc Chagall
|
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Holocaust |
website
|
Vancouver Island Military Museum |
Nanaimo |
Nanaimo |
Military |
website
|
Vancouver Maritime Museum |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Maritime |
|
Vancouver Police Museum |
Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Law enforcement |
|
Vanderhoof Heritage Museum |
Vanderhoof |
Bulkley-Nechako |
Open air |
website, operated by the Nechako Valley Historical Society, restored 1900s period buildings, train cars, a heritage park and interpretive walking trails
|
Vernon Public Art Gallery |
Vernon |
North Okanagan |
Art |
website
|
Victoria Fire Department Museum |
Victoria |
Capital |
Firefighting |
website
|
Victoria Police Department Museum |
Victoria |
Capital |
Law enforcement |
|
W. A. C. Bennett Dam Visitor Centre |
Hudson's Hope |
Peace River |
Multiple |
Area history, natural history, building of the dam and hydroelectricity
|
Walter Wright Pioneer Village |
Dawson Creek |
Peace River |
Open air |
website
|
Widzin Kwah Canyon House Museum (Widzin Kwah Diyik Be Yikh) |
Witset |
Bulkley-Nechako |
First Nations |
History and culture of the Wet'suwet'en[28][29]
|
Wells Museum |
Wells |
Cariboo |
History |
website, local history, hard rock gold mining, operated by the Wells Historical Society
|
West Coast Railway Heritage Park |
Squamish |
Squamish-Lillooet |
Railway |
Typical railway facility of the mid-20th century and restored railroad cars, operated by the West Coast Railway Association
|
West Vancouver Museum |
West Vancouver |
Greater Vancouver |
Art |
website
|
Westbank Museum |
Westbank |
Central Okanagan |
History |
website, local history
|
The Whale Centre |
Tofino |
Alberni-Clayoquot |
Natural history |
website, marine life and tours for watching whales, sea birds and marine mammals
|
Whale Interpretive Centre |
Telegraph Cove |
Mount Waddington |
Natural history |
website, operated by the Johnstone Strait Killer Whale Interpretive Centre Society, exhibits about killer whales, fin whales, humpback whales, sea otters and other local marine mammals, open seasonally
|
Whistler Museum and Archives |
Whistler |
Squamish-Lillooet |
Multiple |
website, area's natural, cultural history, sports
|
White Post Auto Museum |
Tappen |
Columbia-Shuswap |
Automobile |
website, indoor and outdoor displays of antique and classic automobiles
|
White Rock Museum and Archives |
White Rock |
Metro Vancouver |
History |
website, local history
|
Windermere Valley Museum |
Invermere |
East Kootenay |
Open air |
website, includes train station, schoolhouse, cabins, general store
|
Xá:ytem Longhouse Interpretive Centre |
Mission |
Fraser Valley |
First Nations |
|
Yale Historic Site |
Yale |
Fraser Valley |
History |
website, local history, 1870s 'Creighton House' museum, living history demonstrations
|
Zeballos Heritage Museum |
Zeballos |
Strathcona |
History |
Local history[30]
|